+ Gun Storage Practices and Risk of Youth Suicide and Unintentional Firearm Injuries
- Author:
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Grossman, David C. / Mueller, Beth A. / Riedy, Christine / Dowd, M. Denise / Villaveces, Andres / Prodzinski, Janice / Nakagawara, Jon / Howard, John / Thiersch, Norman / Harruff, Richard
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Storage, Suicide
- Keywords:
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ACCIDENTS -- Prevention, CHILDREN -- Mortality, Ownership, SUICIDAL behavior, U.S. states
Data from incidents in which a child or adolescent younger than 20 years gained access to a firearm and shot himself/herself intentionally or unintentionally or shot another individual unintentionally...
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+ Firearm storage practices and rates of unintentional firearm deaths in the United States
- Author:
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Miller, Matthew / Azrael, Deborah / Hemenway, David / Vriniotis, Mary
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Storage, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CITIES & towns, Children, Household firearms, Mortality, Storage
Data on household firearm prevalence and storage practices by state from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were analyzed along with unintentional firearm death counts and population...
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